Right? The excuse that it would cause an inadequate amount of water to reach the ground seems... a bit incorrectly calculated, if not outright farfetched. Clearly the solution there would simply be: don't have so many people crowded together on the land (mega-cities are better for business than for humanity anyway.)

But nah. Let's just stick with the "profits over people" model. Hail Political Zionism! Victory for "The Chosen Ones" (no racism or strict rules about inter-breeding there....) while blaming all subsequent forms of disparity on the "racism" of "privileged" white people (who are too nerdy and nice to notice the propaganda for their own genocide).

See also: The Importance of Understanding The JQ"